In humans, destruction of the amygdala leads to a state of docility and hypersexuality called the Kluver-Bucy syndrome.
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As this illness progresses, increasing hypersexuality has been theorized to sometimes compensate for declining self-esteem and cognitive function.
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Hypersexuality has also been reported to result as a side-effect of some medications used to treat Parkinson's disease.
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Other possible causes of dementia-related hypersexuality include an inappropriately expressed psychological need for intimacy and forgetfulness of the recent past.
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On personality testing, sadistic rapists apprehended by law enforcement have shown elevated traits of impulsivity, hypersexuality, callousness, and psychopathy.
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They often used gangsta rap to tell the stories of their lives, which sometimes included strong violence, hypersexuality, and drug abuse.
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He named the condition Kleine Levin syndrome and noted four common traits : hypersexuality, adolescent onset, spontaneous resolution, and compulsive eating.
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Scholars argue that this may be due in large part to the fact that they work in a subculture that expects and accepts hypersexuality.
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In Morris'analysis, much of that behavior consisted of trying to deal with the cruel contradictions of pair-bonding and gorillalike hypersexuality.
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As defined in the DSM-IV-TR, hypersexuality can be a symptom of hypomania or mania in bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder.
